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How long could one live on spongecake, boiled shrimp and Margaritas?

I haven't a clue. Seriously.
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In the interest of science I'm willing to give it a try. I'll need some expense money
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For a liberal definition of what constitutes a margarita, almost indefinitely. But at the very least until hurricane season.
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Quite some time, I believe. You've got your macronutrients covered (protein, fat, carbs), and if you're making actual margaritas with lime juice, Vitamin C is covered. Cholesterol from the shrimp, as well as enough B12 & iron to keep you from getting anemic. The spongecake supplies essentially nothing but calories, but you do need calories. If you can get the baker to make it with whole wheat flour, your bowels will thank you, though. Not a lot of fiber in this diet.

But it's a lot more doable than many of the "how long could you survive on a diet of..." hypotheticals we see around here.
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Well, according to this site, sponge cake, as expected for a cake, doesn't have much in the way of nutrients (and a lot of cholesterol, though I suppose you could get it with egg whites, but then there are people who eat several whole eggs a day, at 70% of your RDA each, for years without getting heart disease).

Shrimp has even more cholesterol per calorie, at 55% of your RDA per 84 calorie serving, but more vitamins and minerals, including Vitamin C, but just 3%, although multiple servings could provide you with enough to prevent scurvy, but still less than optimal amounts (and far more cholesterol than is recommended, but again see my comment about eggs).

As for margaritas? I hope that isn't all you plan to drink because that would quickly add up to a lot of alcohol, and no other nutrients to speak of, plus alcohol can inhibit the absorption of other nutrients.
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At least until you come to the realization that it's your own damn fault. In the mean time, you'll be wasting away.
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I'd ask Jimmy Buffett. He's probably done it and written a song about it.
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There's no fat in that diet; Rabbit starvation, dying from a lack of dietary fat, happens eventually, even if enough calories to sustain life are consumed.
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